Word: effecting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...York Times was reporting that a Bush ad attacking Al Gore's prescription drug plan spelled out the word "RATS" in a single thirtieth-of-a- second frame. Was it a subliminal dig at the vice president or a chance result from the computerized video effect used in the ad to scramble up and respell the word "bureaucrats...
Seated in their tastefully embroidered chairs, reporters lined up the evidence on each side of the issue. Alex Castellanos, the author of the ad, was well known to everyone as a tough, mean message masseur. "RATS" was perfectly framed in the screen, while the other letters in the special effect bounced randomly across the screen to the beat of background music. On the other side of the argument the case was made that it was a pretty lame gambit, lacking such art that it must be a mistake...
...September" could arguably be held at least partly responsible for the athletes' deaths. With no SWAT team to call on, they assemble an unfortunate-looking squad of volunteer policemen disguised as athletes, except that the World War II-era steel helmets and submachine guns undo any camouflage effect created by their gaudy Adidas track suits, and put them into position to storm the Israelis' besieged compound. They call off the raid at the last moment, and only then realize that the gunmen had been watching them get into position on television because the whole thing was being broadcast live...
...subsidies for those with incomes up to 175% of the line. It would cover at least 25% of premiums and all catastrophic costs over $6,000 for all seniors. Bush would also give states $48 billion immediately to provide partial prescription-drug coverage until the plan goes into full effect...
...STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS Gore's plan would keep Medicare as a universal set of benefits for all seniors. But the prescription-drug benefit wouldn't go into effect as quickly as the Bush plan, with its immediate aid to states. And it might not provide enough to cover the drug bills of middle-income older people. The plan also wouldn't solve the long-term danger of Medicare's going bankrupt when the baby boomers reach retirement...